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2. The life and times of a hole in the ground on Sacramento’s ...

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   As the Gold Rush continued to drive up the price of land, U.S. senators met in 1852 to consider the treaties. ... Miwok Indians buy back the land. In a full-circle moment, the Shingle Springs Band ...

3. Southern Sierra Miwok - Wikipedia

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   Southern Sierra Miwok is a member of the Miwok language family. The Miwok languages are a part of the larger Utian family. The original territory of the Southern Sierra Miwok people is similar to modern day Mariposa County, California. The Southern Sierra Miwok language is nearly extinct with only a few speakers existing today. [2]

4. Miwok - Wikipedia

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   Benjamin Barry (Miwok), World War II veteran and fire chief in parade dress [17] In 1770, there were an estimated 500 Lake Miwok, 1,500 Coast Miwok, and 9,000 Plains and Sierra Miwok, totaling about 11,000 people, according to historian Alfred L. Kroeber, although this may be a serious undercount; for example, he did not identify the Bay Miwok ...

5. Plains and Sierra Miwok - Wikipedia

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   By the end of 1835, Plains Miwok was the native language of 60% of the Indian people at the mission. Between 1834 and 1838 the Alta California missions were secularized (closed as religious and agricultural communes).

6. California breaks ground on Native American monument - AOL

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   Long before California got its name, the Miwok Indians hunted and fished along the banks of what would become known as the Sacramento River — including a spot where the state Capitol now stands ...

7. Wilton Rancheria - Wikipedia

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   For many years, ancestors of the Wilton Rancheria Miwok lived along the Cosumnes River until 1958. The tribal members are descendants of the Plains and Sierra Miwok, who lived and prospered in the Sacramento Valley long before encountering European explorers and colonists. [6] In their own language, mi-wuk means "people". [7]

8. Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria - Wikipedia

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   The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, [1] formerly known as the Federated Coast Miwok, is a federally recognized American Indian tribe of Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo Indians. [2] The tribe was officially restored to federal recognition in 2000 by the U.S. government pursuant to the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act.

9. CalPERS sells major, long-vacant lot in downtown ... - AOL

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   The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians reclaimed a piece of its lost history Tuesday by purchasing landmark property in downtown Sacramento’s entryway — a lot once planned for ambitious ...